handed down

verb

past tense of hand down
1
as in passed (down)

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2
as in informed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handed down
  1. informed
  2. reported
  3. notified
  4. disclosed
  5. revealed
  6. manifested
  7. apprised
  8. divulged
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  • Hence privy to means privately informed, while privy for a toilet comes from the idea of a private place.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • One student has described the moment a fellow pupil ran into their classroom and informed them that a teacher had been shot, during Friday’s deadly shooting.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • The Justice Department returned the phone in May, hinting that the investigation would be dropped, the Associated Press reported.
    — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As of July 25, 3,437 clinical cases in 27 states have been reported, CDC data shows.
    — Diana Anos, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of reported
Verb
  • Maxar, meanwhile, identified an irregularity connected to Beloozerov’s employment, notified authorities and terminated him, a company spokesperson told CNN.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Even more concerning, two of the affected organizations reportedly did not know their systems had been accessed until Anthropic notified them.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of notified
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  • According to the lawsuits, Hart disclosed his conviction and a pornography addiction to his new bosses at Crossline.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2026
  • And Meta subsequently disclosed that a testing error had given one of its models Internet access, after which the model exploited a vulnerability at another company.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of disclosed
Verb
  • The findings also revealed that the most socially and economically disadvantaged areas benefit the most from green spaces.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The upstart golf league has had its future in flux for months after it was revealed that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) would pull its backing for LIV at the end of this season.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of revealed
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  • After a long sustained attack, Springbok frustration was manifested by Feinberg-Mngomezulu resorting to a drop goal attempt that hit the crossbar.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The complex intricacies of language manifested on Eimbcke’s first bilingual set.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of manifested
Verb
  • My editor has asked me to keep her apprised of my heart rate.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • Jolley stressed the importance of keeping the Health and Human Services appropriations staff apprised of the agency's finances.
    — Jillian Taylor, StateImpact, 30 June 2026
Definition of apprised
Verb
  • The location, divulged to guests about an hour before, was in Beverly Hills in front of City Hall.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Roberts, who generally keeps her personal life private, divulged her unusual living arrangement with Laign in her 2014 memoir, Everybody’s Got Something.
    — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of divulged
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